Wolverine track and field athletes battle through weather at Co-Ed Meet

Polk County junior Reagan Waddell unleashes a throw during the shot put competition at Friday's Wolverine Co-Ed meet. Waddell won the event.

The real winners of Friday’s Wolverine Co-Ed Track Meet may well have been every athlete who survived the plunging temperatures and high winds that whipped through G.M. Tennant Stadium.

A day made for track and field, Friday was not. But that didn’t stop athletes from 10 schools from competing in the annual Co-Ed meet, a field that included competitors from Murphy to Burns.

The field also included Polk County’s girls team, which placed second in the girls eight-team field, scoring 122 points to finish just a point behind North Henderson. The Wolverine boys, meanwhile, placed fifth in a deep 10-team field dominated by Murphy, which easily outscored runner-up Hendersonville.

Despite gusts of some 30 miles per hour during the meet, the Wolverines also added one more 2A West Regional qualifier. Izzy Jackson won the girls 400-meter dash in 1:02.80, topping the regional standard.

Though Jackson was Polk County’s lone new regional qualifier for the day, the Wolverines had several other standout performances. Reagan Waddell won the shot put with a throw of 32-11. Mariah Overholt soared 15-3 1/2 to win the long jump, with teammate Marissa Longshore taking second at 14-8 3/4. Lauren Ketwitz cleared eight feet to win the pole vault.

On the track, India Godlock won the 1600-meter run in 5:51.49, almost four seconds ahead of Morgan Summey of Greer Middle College Charter. Polk County also won the girls 4×400-meter relay with a time of 4:35.61.

For the Polk boys, Troy Lieberman and Jake Justice finished 1-2 in the pole vault to lead a strong day in the field events for the Wolverines. Jaymes Wingo and Justice finished 2-3 in the long jump, with Luke Sellers taking third in the shot put.

On the track, the Wolverines finished second in the 4×800-meter relay, with Emmett Zacaharias taking third in the 3200-meter run.

Polk County next holds its third straight home meet – and final one of the regular season – on March 25, hosting the Times-News Invitational.

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